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Replying To Fionn: "The break even attendance for Dublin to rent out the use of Croke Park is 30,000 fans. At what point in time do the DCB take the decision to stop playing our games there…??? The time is fast approaching. Parnell Pass season ticket holders will be on the decline and at that stage surely Parnell Park needs to be considered for use by our footballers. #BringThemHome ;o)" Spot on Fionn. We now need to play in the Neller to take advantage of home support.Croke park I agree was a huge advantage to the Dubs when we had the fans attending but now many have deserted so we need the Neller where the support can drive us on i googled the advantage of home venue in sport and it says there are three big things.One is pitch familiarity.Two is home crowd support giving the home team extra energy and three is referee unintentional bias swayed by the home supporters. Now with Dubs lack of support points two and three are gone. brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 661 - 04/06/2026 17:41:20 2677960 Link
Replying To Fionn: "https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0603/1576547-dubs-in-freefall-after-another-second-half-horror-show/ Isn't it funny how all the experts suddenly think the Dubs are better off playing outside of Croker now…. A new narrative eh…." Yes Fionn,maybe donegal were trying to be kind fo us when theytried to take us out of croker a fee years back lol brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 661 - 04/06/2026 17:43:43 2677961 Link
Replying To Seniorleague: "Is it that simple though? A county with your resources,clubs, and population should never produce an average squad of footballers. Its crazy to go from winning all those Leinsters,6 all Irelands in a row,,(and 9 in 14 seasons,reaching semi finals the other 4 years),to being where you are now." The lads we had for a decade were generational. We have been fairly competitive without being world beaters but our roll of honour excluding this period and the great team of the 70's is very poor:- No All Ireland in the 30's 1 All Ireland in the 40's 1 All Ireland in the 50's 1 All Ireland in the 60's 3 All Irelands in the 70's 1 All Ireland in the 80's 1 All Ireland in the 90's No All Ireland in the 00's We have had 2 great squads. That is it. I never buy into the population argument. The amount of actual players is a better barometer. And after that a lot of it comes down to coaching. And I think we have failed on that front tbh. Look at our lack of underage success compared to other counties. Tyrone being a very good example. Some counties live for GAA - I am not so sure we do that in Dublin. Soccer is far most popular. Yes we have some great clubs but nowadays we are talking about the same 5 clubs winning all the time in both codes. And for a county with so many clubs to have that few clubs winning is a problem imo. Have you seen where the Dublin footballers train ??? Crazy. Take a look at our high performance area just inside the gates of Parnell Park. Bonkers. Therein lies a big problem - DCB. Asleep at the wheel, one could say….! Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 5022 - 04/06/2026 21:13:11 2677989 Link
Dubs Hurling Squad for the big game on Sat has just been named. Leinster Senior Hurling Final squad:- Gibbons Doyle Smyth EOD Crummey Rushe C.Burke B.Hayes Donohoe Whitely D.Burke Power O'Sullivan Hetherton O'Riain Subs: Brennan, Lucey, R.Hayes, Groarke, McHugh, Bellew, O'Dulaing, S.Currie, Dunphy, Purcell & Kenny. Fingers and everything crossed for this one….! Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 5022 - 04/06/2026 21:26:30 2677997 Link